ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2017
The Sources of Chemical Contaminants in Food and Their Health Implications.
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95 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Public health risks related to food safety issues in the food market: a systematic literature review.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2019Pooled it
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- Development and Challenges of Food Contaminant Removal Technologies: Molecular Imprinting Technology as an Emerging Solution.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Levels, Exposure and Risk Assessment to Metals in Urine from Adult Population in Valencian Region (Spain).Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- Technogenic contamination of livestock- and fish-derived food products with heavy metals and radionuclides in industrial and post-nuclear regions of Kazakhstan.Veterinary world · 2026Article
- Calcium propionate in tortillas - a likely cause of a large outbreak of acute gastrointestinal illness, Finland, 2023.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026Article
- Improving the Thermostability of the Qβ Bacteriophage Coat Protein Through Single-Site Mutation Based on Molecular Dynamics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Integrating human biomonitoring into food safety risk assessment: Advances, challenges, and future perspectives.Current research in food science · 2026Review
- Assessment of food safety knowledge and practices among female canteen food handlers: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Foodborne illness outbreaks attributed to chemical hazards in the United States, 2011-2025.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Article
- Application ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Nanoemulsion of Apium graveolens essential oil as a natural pre-emergent herbicide.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sensing Cellular Damages Induced by Food Safety Hazards Using Bacterial Stress-Responsive Biosensors.Biosensors · 2025Article
- GenusPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Nanomaterials for Persistent Organic Pollutants Decontamination in Water: Mechanisms, Challenges, and Future Perspectives.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Investigation of heavy metal levels in canned tomato paste, olives, and pickled.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Biomimetic Design and Assessment via Microenvironmental Testing: From Food Packaging Biomaterials to Implantable Medical Devices.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Plant protection, the Cinderella of the one health strategy?One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Review
- Application of Bioinformatics and Machine Learning Tools in Food Safety.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Overview of foodborne hazards associated with inflammation and metabolic health.BMC global and public health · 2025Review
35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Food contamination is a matter of serious concern, as the high concentration of chemicals present in the edibles poses serious health risks. Protecting the public from the degrees of the harmfulness of contaminated foods has become a daunting task. This article highlights the causes, types, and health implications of chemical contamination in food. The food contamination could be due to naturally occurring contaminants in the environment or artificially introduced by the human. The phases of food processing, packaging, transportation, and storage are also significant contributors to food contamination. The implications of these chemical contaminants on human health are grave, ranging from mild gastroenteritis to fatal cases of hepatic, renal, and neurological syndromes. Although, the government regulates such chemicals in the eatables by prescribing minimum limits that are safe for human consumption yet measures still need to be taken to curb food contamination entirely. Therefore, a variety of food needs to be inspected and measured for the presence of chemical contaminants. The preventative measures pertaining about the food contaminants problems are pointed out and discussed.
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